Martin Peltasohn

Martin Peltasohn (born November 11, 1849 in Ostrowo , Province of Posen , † May 23, 1912 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer and politician . He was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives (1899-1910).

biography

Peltasohn was born to Jewish parents and attended high school in Ostrowo. After graduating from high school, he studied law in Breslau , where he became a member of the Arminia Breslau fraternity in 1867 . He took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, became a trainee lawyer in 1872 , a court assessor in 1876 and a district judge in Grätz in 1877 . There he became a district judge in 1879 , then he moved to Bromberg in 1885 , where he became a district judge in 1890 and a regional judge in 1892. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Justice.

From 1899 to 1910 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency Bromberg 5 ( Mogilno , Wongrowitz , Znin ). There he belonged to the Liberal Association , later to the Progressive People's Party . In Bromberg he became a member of the Jewish Representative Assembly , of which he was chairman until 1905. In 1905 he went to Berlin and became a leading member of his parliamentary group.

Publications

Pension property and inheritance law legislation in Prussia. Text output with comments and subject index. Berlin 1903. (Editor, together with Bruno Peltasohn)

literature

Martin Peltasohn , in: Ernest Hamburger : Jews in public life in Germany: members of the government, civil servants and parliamentarians in the monarchical era. 1848-1918 . Tübingen: Mohr, 1968, p. 371ff.
Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 4: M-Q. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1118-X , pp. 284-285.

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 296; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 305-309.

personal data
SURNAME	Peltason, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer, MdPrA and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostrowo , Poznan Province
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1912
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 296; for the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 305-309.